Sanjeet, Sakshi, Jasmine, Simranjit all received their respective quarter-final bouts to take India’s depend of assured medals to 5 medals after Shiva Thapa booked his place within the semi-final at the ASBC Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai on Tuesday.
Sanjeet defeated Jasur Qurbonov of Tajikistan 5-0 within the 91kg quarter-final, as Sakshi beat Tajikistan’s Ruhafzo Haqazarova 5-0 within the 54kg. Sakshi will be up towards the highest seed Dina Zholaman of Kazakhstan within the semi-final.
Jasmine defeated Oyuntsetseg Yesugen of Mongolia 4-1 within the 57kg quarter-final and can face Vladislava Kukhta of Kazakhstan within the subsequent spherical.
Simranjit received the higher of Uzbekistan’s Raykhona Kodirova 4-1 within the 60kg quarter-final and ensures at least one other bronze medal for India. She will face Rimma Volossenko of Kazakhstan within the semi-final.
Earlier, (*4*)Shiva Thapa outpunched Kuwait’s Nader Odah with a complete 5-0 victory, . The Assam boxer additionally confirmed his fifth back-to-back medal at the Asian Championships. Thapa has additionally received a gold (2013), a silver (2017) and two bronze (2015 and 2019) at the championships.
Thapa dominated Odah all through and hardly gave him a chance to attain a degree. The Indian could have a tricky activity within the semi-final when he takes on prime seed Bakhodur Usmonov of Tajikistan.
There was disappointment for India’s Mohammad Hussamuddin, who went down preventing to reigning world champion and prime seed from Uzbekistan, Mirazizbek Mirzahalilov, within the 56kg quarter-final bout.
Defending champion Mirzahalilov began the competition with an aggressive intent and landed some fierce punches. Hussamuddin, nonetheless, tried to achieve momentum with a very good defence and counter-attacking punches however the skilled Uzbek didn’t enable the Indian any likelihood of a comeback earlier than finishing a 4-1 victory.
On Wednesday, India’s Olympic-bound boxers Amit Panghal, Vikas Krishan and Ashish Kumar have their activity minimize out after they face some massive names within the quarter-finals.
World Championships silver-medallist and defending champion Panghal will face stiff competitors from Mongolia’s Kharkhuu Enkhmandakh in 52kg class. When the duo final met, at Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Amman final yr, the Indian needed to dig deep into his power reserves to win the bout.
Krishan, the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games champion, will sq. off towards Iran’s Moslem Malamir in 69kg, whereas Ashish Kumar (75kg), who clinched silver within the final version of the occasion, and Narender (+91kg) will even be up towards highly effective opponents from Kazakhstan.
While Ashish will play World Championships and Asian Games silver-medallist Abilkhan Amankul, Narender is ready to battle two-time World Championships silver-medallist Kamshybek Kunkabayev, who can be aiming for his third successive medal at the Asian championships.
(With inputs from IANS)
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